Tag: firewalls

Cyberattack Tracker Zeroes in on Firewall Vulnerabilities

Deutsche Telekom’s interactive, real-time map of global cyberattacks reveals the bulk of recent attacks – 27.3 million in February alone – were against the Server Message Block (SMB), aka the Common Internet File System (CIFS). Reuven Harrison, CTO and co-founder of Tufin, a security and lifecycle management company and Fortinet solution partner, wrote in a blog that the map’s revelations are significant.

Supercharge Your Network’s Configuration and Compliance Capabilities with SolarWinds FSM

Download a free trial of Firewall Security Manager (FSM) at www.solarwinds.com When Firewall Security Manager plus Network Configuration Manager you have the ultimate intelligent change management solution. Take advantage of this integration for automated network risk assessment, ACL optimization and change modeling

Firewall Management Made Easy with SolarWinds Firewall Security Manager

To track, manage and test the firewall changes that are happening across your network, download a free trial of Firewall Security Manager at bit.ly Learn how changes to security rules are impacting service availability and policy compliance across your firewalls and routers.

WatchGuard RapidDeploy

Learn about RapidDeploy from WatchGuard Technologies, the innovative cloud-based configuration capability that allows firewall appliances to securely configure themselves–dramatically reducing deployment time and costs. www.watchguard.com Other Resources: Learn how to simplify security and leverage powerful centralized management using WatchGuard Management Server www.youtube.com Watch the video and read the case study on how an MSSP benefits from leveraging WatchGuard’s powerful centralized management and best-in-class defense-in-depth. www.watchguard.com

Scheduled Access through the Firewall

With this video, you’re going to learn how to set up scheduled firewall policies that will only allow traffic to certain sites at certain times of the day. For this example, we’re going to institute a policy allowing access to Youtube and Facebook only during usual lunch hours. Having such policies in place can help maintain productivity without completely restricting access to recreational content on the web, which is increasingly a regular part of users’ daily lives.

Talk to ME Tuesday: Advice about Investing in Security Management

ManageEngine continues our weekly blog series called Talk to ME Tuesday. Each week we discuss interesting topics from the world of technology with you, the people that live and breathe it everyday.  People are spending more money in security management, said Andrew Hay, Senior Analyst for 451 Research . Hay believes that the rise in reporting of high profile breaches has made more people think about investing in overall security management rather than just having firewalls or intrusion detection systems.